Late Night Linux – Episode 274

Canonical struggles to get to grips with malicious Snaps, a KDE theme wipes a whole machine, Mozilla looks foolish, Redis isn’t open source now, Ubuntu 14.04 gets 12 years of paid support, Meta joins the Fediverse, and more. With guest host Gary from Linux After Dark.   News Guess Who’s Back? Exodus Scam BitCoin Wallet Snap! Stop the line? Manual review of all new snap name registrations KDE advises extreme caution after theme wipes Linux user’s files CEO of Data Privacy Company Onerep.com Founded Dozens of People-Search Firms – Krebs on Security Mozilla just ditched its privacy partner because its CEO is tied to data brokers Introducing Didthis: A New App For Hobbyists Canonical expands Long Term Support to 12 years starting with Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Redis tightens its license terms, pleasing basically no one Redict is an independent, copyleft fork of Redis Apache Kvrocks Meta connects Threads to the Fediverse Threads has entered the fediverse Fedi.Tips urges admins to defederate Threads Switch emulator Suyu hit by GitLab DMCA, project lives on through self-hosting World Server Throwing Championship (WSTC) 2024         Tailscale Tailscale is an easy to deploy, zero-config, no-fuss VPN that allows you to build simple networks across complex infrastructure. Go to tailscale.com/lnl and try Tailscale out for free for up to 100 devices and 3 users, with no credit card required.   Kolide Kolide ensures that if a device isn’t secure it can’t access your apps. It’s Device Trust for Okta. Visit kolide.com/latenightlinux to learn more.   Entroware This episode is sponsored by Entroware. They are a UK-based company who sells computers with Ubuntu and Ubuntu MATE preinstalled. They have configurable laptops, desktops and servers to suit a wide range of Linux users. Check them out and don’t forget to mention us at checkout if you buy one of their great machines.             See our contact page for ways to get in touch. RSS: Subscribe to the RSS feeds here